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'(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

E. E. RICE. OAR FENDER AND BRAKE.

Patented Mar. 8,1898.

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PATENT OFFICE,

EMERY E. RICE, OF CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR FEN DER..AND BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,378, dated March 8, 1898. Application filed April 1, 1897- Serial No. 630,293. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERY E. RICE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Charleroi, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Fenders and Brakes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined car fenders and brakes, and has for its object to provide a fender that when lowered into position to engage an object will automatically apply the brakes to the track in such a manner as to effectually check the movement of the car within a very short distance; and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention further aims to provide a fender which will be held normally out of engagement with the road-bed and to provide simple and effective means for lowering the same into position for use when desired, and in describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, and wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, in which Figure l is aperspective view of a portion of a car, showing my improved fender and brake in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a front view with the fender removed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a portion of a car with the fender removed. Fig. dis a perspective view of the brake-shoe and a portion of the connecting-beam, and Fig. 5 is a plan View of a portion of the operating-lever.

Referring now to the drawings by referenceletters, a indicates the frame of the fender, which is formed of one piece and is supported by means of rods 1) I), attached to the front of the fender and to the top rail thereof, said rods being bent upon themselves to form projections to engage in brackets 0, supported by the car-body. On the top of the fender is arranged suitable cross bars or rods cl d, and also secured to the side rails of the frame are bars e 6, provided with keepers f f to receive the operating-rods g g, to the front rail of which is swiveled a frame h, adapted to project beyond the front of the fender proper and trip the fender by means of the upwardlyextending portions 7- of the rods g, which engage the bell-cranks Zof the rod m, swiveled in keepers n n on the frame a, and also supported by keepers 0 0, provided on the forked rod 1), which extends upward in front of the car and is attached to the front rail of the fender for raising the same. The bellcranks Z engage spring-catches q, project-ing beyond the front of the car and secured to the floor thereof. A rod 1" is connected to the forked portion of the rod 19 and is adapted to receive a hook s in the end of a link 2, the fender being pivoted to the bracket 0. When it is stripped by means of the portion 7a and released from the spring-catches q, the weight of the fender causes it to descend until it comes in contact with the track. As the front of the fender descends the top portion of the frame a, which is engaged by the springcatches, moves forward, carrying the rod 25 with it. Said rod 6 has a bifurcated end a, which engages an arm a secured on a crossbrace a having secured thereto arms a, provided in their ends with rings a, which engage staples b in the cross-beam b connecting the brake-shoes b which are formed with a notched or milled engaging face and may be constructed to conform to a tram or T rail, as desired. The cross-brace a is supported by and journaled in brackets 0 secured to the under side of the car, and the brake-shoes are further supported by brackets b having a slot 0' to receive a pin a on the brake-shoe.

A hand-operating. mechanism is provided, which consists of a rod 0 having a handle 0 on its upper end and journaled in keepers 0 attached to the dashboard, said rod having a collar d and being provided with a coil-spring d between said collar and the lower keepers 0 The lower end of this rod is attached to a cross-piece 61 having rods d projecting downward through the platform to engage arms d, secured to the rod m. The link tis held normally in position by means of a ring 6, suspended from the underneath side of the car, and at the front of the fender-fraine I have provided feet 6 to engage the rails when the fender is lowered and prevent the front rail of the fender coming in direct contact therewith.

Assuming that all parts have been secured in their respective positions, the operation is as follows: As the object is struck by the frame h it operates the rods 9 g, forcing the same backward, and forcing the upwardly-extending portions of said rods against the bellcranks Z, which are in turn forced against the spring-catches g to lift the same and permit the fender to drop into engagement with the track. As the-fender drops the linktis pulled forward, thus serving to operate the crossbrace a and beam 19 to force the brake-shoes in front of the wheels and in engagement therewith and with the rails. When the car has been stopped, the fender may be readily raised to its normal position by a pull on the head-lever p until the top rod of the frame engages the spring-catches, where it is securely held.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car-fender consisting of a frame pivotallysupported in brackets secured to the under side of the platform, catches secured to the platform and extending beyond the front thereof for retaining the fender in an elevated position, combined with brake-shoes pivoted in brackets secured to the platform, a link If engaging the rod 4", an arm connecting the said link i with a cross-brace connecting the brake-shoes, and means for releasing the fender from the catches and applying the brake, substantially as shown and described.

2. A car fender and brake, consisting of a frame pivotally supported in brackets secured to the under side of the platform, catches proj ecting from the front of the car for retaining the fender in an elevated position, a brake pivotally suspended from the car-platform, a link 25 engaging the fender, an arm connecting said link 23 with the cross-brace connecting the brake-shoes, and means whereby the brakeshoe is applied to the wheel when the fender is operated, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMER-Y E. RICE.

Witnesses:

JOHN NoLANn, GEO. B. PARKER. 

